Connect my camera

Hello
Can I get a lead for my analog video camera to record video onto my mac?
Hope someone can help!
Cheers
Ed

Short answer: no.
Why? Because the video has to be digitized before iMovie can handle it.
So you need an analogue to digital converter. I use the Canopus ADVC110 to import from my analogue video camera to iMovie, but there are others on the market.
For best quality use the white and red RCA cables to connect the camera to the converter (for audio) and the S-video cable for the video. Or of course just the red-white-yellow trio of RCA cables.
One last point: iMovie will only import via firewire, to you have to connect the converter to your Mac via a 4 pin to 6 pin firewire cable.

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